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In a fiery speech defending Moore, Bannon attacked the Republican establishment and questioned the timing of allegations brought against Moore by eight women who have accused him of sexual misconduct or inappropriate behavior toward them when he was in his 30s and, in some cases, the women were in their teens. Moore has denied the allegations.

"Let's be right, ok, this whole thing was a setup, this whole thing was weaponized, right?" Bannon said of the allegations of sexual misconduct first published by the Washington Post, "You know that, folks down here in Alabama know that."

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Former White House strategist Steve Bannon speaks during a rally for U.S. Senate hopeful Roy Moore, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, in Fairhope Ala.

"Hey Flake this is why your approval rating in your home state is like 11 percent," Bannon said, "You're a total embarrassment, if you're going to write a check write a check, support somebody."

But Bannon saved perhaps his more stinging attack for former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, who he accused of hiding behind his religion to avoid service in the Vietnam War.

"Judge Moore served his country in one of the toughest wars we've ever had, Vietnam," Bannon said, "Mitt, that's honor and integrity, and by the way Mitt, while we're on the subject of Vietnam and honor and integrity, you avoided service brother. Ok Mitt, here's how it is brother, the college deferments that's we can debate that, but you hid behind your religion. You went to France to be a missionary while guys were dying in rice patties in Vietnam. Do not talk to me about honor and integrity."

Moore did not directly address the allegations against him, but did talk about the "battles" he has fought in the campaign.

"If you knew what kind of battles I've been fighting, you wouldn't want to be where I am. In fact if I wasn't here I wouldn't want to fight these battles, but when God puts you there, you have nothing else to do but to stand," Moore said.

Moore again cast the race as a chance for Alabama voters to reject the "establishment" and said the race was special because it is the first senate race since the election of President Trump.

Moore sounded confident in his chances of victory on December 12.

"I think they're afraid that I'm going to take Alabama values to Washington," he said. "And I want to tell you, I can't wait."

Bannon's trip to the state comes at a crucial time in the campaign, and just a day after Trump officially endorsed Moore, calling the candidate personally and expressing "enthusiastic support" for Moore, according to a statement from the campaign.

Speaking today at the White House, Trump reiterated his support for Moore.

“I think he's going to do very well,” Trump said of Moore. “We do not want to have a liberal Democrat in Alabama. We want strong borders. We want stopping crime, we want to have the things that we represent and we certainly don’t want to have a liberal Democrat that is controlled by Nancy Pelosi and controlled by Chuck Schumer.”

Most Republican senators have continued to keep their distance from Moore. McConnell told reporters today that he has not changed his position that Moore should get out of the race, and said that if elected, Moore may still face an ethics committee investigation.

"There's been no change of heart," McConnell said. "I had hoped earlier he would withdraw as a candidate. That obviously is not going to happen. If he were to be elected, he would immediately have an ethics committee case and the committee would take a look at the situation and give us advice."

Other Republican senators have expressed their displeasure with Moore, but said the decision on whether or not he should be a U.S. senator is up to Alabama voters.

"Well, I am not a voter in the state of Alabama. So I don't have a say in it. The voters in Alabama will determine that," Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, told ABC News Tuesday. "I have not endorsed Mr. Moore and my hope is the voters of Alabama will do the right thing and not send him to the Senate."

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, who has not endorsed Moore, told reporters Monday of Trump's decision to endorse the controversial candidate, "I don’t think he had any choice but to do that. You know, he needs every Republican he can get so he can put his agenda through. So that’s, you know, the only Republican you can possibly get down there at this time."

How did American Politics come down to this? It use to be respected and an example to the world, now a days it is one of the worse in the world.Every day we wake up and there is a new show in this circus.

Bannon is dangerous to america and those right wing conservative evangelicals who foolishly call themselves Christians are so in need of a mental evaluation!! Is there any intelligence at all in the state of Alabama?........................I hope so and hope that Moore never wins a seat in government!

So now Alabama also shamelessly enjoys supporting a Neo Nazi white supremeist Bannon and his disgusting evil alt-right agenda to destroy America's Democracy - so they have gone from electing a known pedophile in Alabama to now lowering the bar to the bottom of the cesspool pit by supporting and electing Bannon's neo-Nazi policies - stay away form my daughter pedo-Pervert Roy Moore and watch out when he lurks in the W.H. folks. The GOP liars and deniers will have to "write another memo which nobody will claim" warning the young W.H. Interns to beware of Roy Pedophilic Boy Toy and the GOP Groper of Kitties Donald Trump. Truly insane - even the Bible belt has gone to the devil.

Saw a Moore spokesperson on Anderson Cooper. Every question from 9/11 to homosexuality and gun rights was answered with the phrase the Bible and the Constitution. Nothing on topic. They had to bring this woman in from Ohio cuz they couldn't find anyone this smart in Alabama?

Anyone who gives a fat rat's behind about Bannon is as irrelevant as Bannon himself. It's pathetic seeing Bannon chasing after whatever spotlight he thinks will get him on the news. Steve "has been" Bannon is no longer as amusing as he once was (via SNL). Bannon is enjoying basking in the Moore notoriety. A publicity hound of the worst kind = Bannon.

Again the ugly face of hypocrisy shine in the GOP as Mitt Romney is a draft dodger but dump imaginary bone spurs are excepable. I can't imagine why Republican supporters just bush off the BS because they see themselves as God chosen people. So when Mr no Moore then 17 is elected it was God's will.

Where does Bannon get off disparaging Romney when his boy Trump is known as Draft-Dodger Bone Spurs? Romney was a missionary, Trump was a sexually active bachelor who said his Viet Nam was not getting an STD in the NYC social scene. Bannon is a fool and so are those that support him.

Bannon has openly said he is out to deconstruct this country's government. It may sound good on paper but how about him explaining what he will replace our government with? He seems to be more like Putin than even Trump - not a successful government model

Bannon is Trump's sin eater. The more vile, foul acts Trump undertakes, the more disgusting, pock marked and nasty Bannon looks. Bannon is the face of our country , spewing his gibberish, calling people 'brother' ( yeah, women need not apply to his revolution and thank god...) and generally looking like a steaming pile with runny eyes. What a disgrace.

Oh for goodness sakes!! Who is listening to this drunk? This guy is a supporter little donnie trump, of a draft dodger and an admitted sexual harasser who has two sons who never went to war either. Republicans are so full of it! They immediately believe anything negative about any Democrat. They believed days before the last presidential election everything negative about Hillary Clinton. They believed accusations made by the accusers of Bill Clinton under the same circumstances as Roy more is in. But now, they want us to not believe a single negative thing said about any Republican? What bs!!!